Conor McGregor News

Scott Hernandez - February 12, 2016

Conor McGregor is currently gearing up for his UFC 196 lightweight title fight with lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos on March 5th. Leading up to the fight, McGregor has been his typical self during media appearances, talking trash towards his opponent and questioning his allegiance to his home country of Brazil.

Scott Hernandez - February 11, 2016

Conor McGregor Explains His Mystic Abilities To… by CombatNation For this throwback Thursday take a look back at Conor McGregor explaining his mystic powers to UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta.

Scott Hernandez - February 10, 2016

Ahead of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s fight lightweight UFC scrap against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196 on March 5th, many people have been talking about the evolution of McGregor’s abilities.

Scott Hernandez - February 10, 2016

Rafael Dos Anjos: I've fought better guys than Conor McGregor https://t.co/gZKOtQimDz — Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) February 10, 2016

Scott Hernandez - February 10, 2016

While Conor McGregor’s movement and fluidity continues to leave his opponents confused in the Octagon, UFC lightweight Eddie Alvarez believes there is a simple way to defeat the UFC featherweight champion. McGregor is currently gearing up for his March 5th fight against Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196 for the UFC lightweight championship, however ahead of that many are wondering if McGregor’s new beefed up physique will be detrimental to his speed at 155 pounds.

Scott Hernandez - February 10, 2016

We’re now less than a month away from UFC 196 on March 5th.

Scott Hernandez - February 9, 2016

While Conor McGregor is currently riding a 15 fight win streak that has seen him finish 6 of his 7 opponents in the Octagon, including Jose Aldo, UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos plans to change that on March 5th at UFC 196. In the build-up leading to their scrap on March 5th, dos Anjos has stated that he doesn’t want to finish McGregor early, but rather would prefer to prolong the fight to put a beating on McGregor.

Scott Hernandez - February 9, 2016

Conor McGregor is known for not only his incredible trash talk, but his ability to finish opponents in the Octagon.

Scott Hernandez - February 8, 2016

Please Werdum :: Go slow :: easy you are a heavyweight !!! Wow !!! Now I love you more than #DanaWhite . now I know why #vaicavalo 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 A photo posted by Fabricio Werdum (@werdum) on Feb 7, 2016 at 6:40pm PST

Scott Hernandez - February 7, 2016

Rafael dos Anjos of Kings MMA will soon face self-proclaimed King Conor “The Notorious” McGregor in Las Vegas NV.

Scott Hernandez - February 6, 2016

Last night the ‘2016 World MMA Awards’ took place from The Venetian in Las Vegas.

Scott Hernandez - February 6, 2016

Great to be back in Dublin training with my brothers @thenotoriousmma @peterqueally https://t.co/mrlxYYcAnp pic.twitter.com/iW51KWZLeE — Gunnar Nelson (@GunniNelson) February 5, 2016

Scott Hernandez - February 4, 2016

At the UFC 196 press conference recently Conor McGregor wasn’t pleased with the fight poster for the event. McGregor expressed his dissatisfaction with the UFC’s poster department, saying he would have to go down there to have a conversation with whoever designed the fight poster. UFC President Dana White explained that the reason McGregor’s belt was left out of the poster was due to the fact that he was going up to lightweight to challenge Rafael dos Anjos for the lightweight belt, and his featherweight championship wasn’t on the line.

Scott Hernandez - February 4, 2016

.@ufc President @danawhite tells @anezbitt he doesn't see how @TheNotoriousMMA could win his next fight.https://t.co/C6hU5npDbK — AtTheBuzzer (@TheBuzzerOnFOX) February 4, 2016

Scott Hernandez - February 4, 2016

Back at UFC 194 Conor McGregor knocked out Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds. The win was not only the biggest one of McGregor’s career, but also one of the biggest moments in combat sports history. In the wake of the bout McGregor announced that he would be moving up to lightweight to challenge Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC lightweight championship. The bout was booked for UFC 197, which became UFC 196 after Fabricio Werdum and Cain Velasquez pulled out of their main event bout at UFC 196.

Scott Hernandez - February 3, 2016

At the UFC 196 press conference, Conor McGregor wasn’t too pleased with the promotional poster that was used. The poster in question showed McGregor standing behind dos Anjos, and didn’t include McGregor’s featherweight title belt. Of course McGregor’s title belt wasn’t included because his featherweight championship wasn’t on the line in the fight due to the fact that he was moving up in weight to challenge dos Anjos for the lightweight championship.

Scott Hernandez - February 3, 2016

Johny “Bigg Rigg” Hendricks is looking lean and mean with extra days to easily make weight for his welterweight match-up with Stephen Thompson.

Scott Hernandez - February 2, 2016

Conor McGregor is an extremely controversial and polarizing figure in the MMA world.